Oscar Season 2025-2026: Recapping TELLURIDE; Forecasting the Toronto International Film Festival; De-coding the TIFF People's Choice Award
Visit us at https://framesandflicker.com/View our OSCAR PREDICTIONS Follow us: @AcademyAnonOn this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:A Frontrunner is Born with Chloé Zhao's HAMNET premiere at the Telluride Film FestivalJessie Buckley becomes the Best Actress favorite, can Paul Mescal join her in Best Actor?Can Jeremy Allen White win for SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE?A brief look at the importance of TIFF’S People’s Choice Award for Oscar glory and Best Picture dreamsDe-coding recent films listed for the People’s Choice Award and how they reveal which of this year’s film could walk away with the prize!A24 hoping ETERNITY with Elisabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller can turn into another WE LIVE IN TIMEGOOD FORTUNE with Keanu Reeves! ROOFMAN with Channing Tatum! Crowd-pleasers hoping to become fall blockbusters, sure. But can they actually become Oscar players? The answer may surprise you.Sony Classics delivering films with wide audience appeal, prepare to pitch both THE CHORAL and NUREMBERG to Oscar voters in the fall. Is any their secret weapon this season? Or are they perhaps angling to acquire a red-hot THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE out of the Venice Film Festival?RENTAL FAMILY has People’s Choice Award written on every prognosticator’s lips! But how come we’re not buying it? Is Searchlight pitting all their Oscar hopes on a Hail Mary? Check out the red flags we’re seeing before it premieres.Don’t look now, but Rian Johnson’s trilogy-capper WAKE UP DEAD MAN may finally deliver Netflix the People’s Choice Award! Why this final installment could win the prize for the entire series!THE LOST BUS reads like a slam-dunk Oscar contender on paper. So why is Apple bulldozing its chances with their release plan? Is this BLITZ all over again? Can a People Choice Award save them from imminent Academy Awards oversight?Plan B and Amazon not giving Tessa Thompson and HEDDA the red carpet Oscar treatment they deserve. Is there any hope the film can draw enough attention from audiences to get both to reconsider their priorities with F1 and AFTER THE HUNT?SACRIFICE from Romain Gavras walks the route of TRIANGLE OF SADNESS - with a lot on its mind and headline-worthy ensemble. So, why did Venice, Telluride and Cannes give it the cold shoulder? Sidney Sweeney and an overdue Ben Foster try to ride the sports biopic to Oscar nominations with CHRISTY - but is there any room left on that bus after THE SMASHING MACHINE? Black Bear the “distributor” tries its hand at molding an Oscar contender, but does the Sidney Sweeney controversy already have them running behind?Ian McKellen and Angelina Jolie chart big-screen comebacks and possibly Oscar buzz by teaming up with esteemed directors Steven Soderbergh and Alice Winocour. Will their new films THE CHRISTOPHERS and COUTURE bring them back into contention?Is Saoirse Ronan quietly plotting to take Best Actress by storm with the dark comedy BAD APPLES. You can never sleep on the great ones!And of course which early Oscar contenders will win the coveted People’s Choice Awards - HAMENT, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, or even JAY KELLY?
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Oscar Season 2025-2026: Recap of All the Oscar Contenders from the Venice Film Festival; We Predict the Winners
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:Can an unlikeable George Clooney still squeeze into a very competitive Best Actor race with mixed JAY KELLYWho's the real scene-stealer of Netflix's JAY KELLY - Adam Sandler vs. Billy CrudupCan Emma Stone really get into Best Actress AGAIN for newest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos?Is BUGONIA Jesse Plemons' ticket to lead Actor recognition?Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts may be playing with fire with AFTER THE HUNT - could be difficult to recover after early burn from VeniceAnother genre classic from master Park Chan-wook, but will the South Korean great EVER get some Oscar love?Jim Jarmusch's meditation on family FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER a winner - best reviewed American film in Competition!Guillermo del Toro's beloved FRANKENSTEIN dividing audiences, but everyone agrees Jacob Elordi steals the show!THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE's Amanda Seyfried looks to crash the Best Actress categoryIs Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson really this year's "Brendan Fraser"? Stuns viewers with THE SMASHING MACHINE transformation, but will it be enough?Is Emily Blunt un-beatable for Best Supporting Actress? Never doubt Kathryn Bigelow! Helmer returns with nerve-shattering A HOUSE OF DYNAMITETwo female directors for Best Director AGAIN! An early analysis of the Kathryn Bigelow vs. Chloé Zhao narrativeTHE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB poised for Venice breakout! Could be a major dark horse for Best Picture!Who will win the Golden Lion? We make our calls.
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Oscar Season 2025-2026: Forecasting Venice Film Festival, Predicting Telluride Film Festival Lineup
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:Unlocking the connection between the Venice Film Festival and the OscarsAlexander Payne brings his unique sensibility to the Venice JuryYorgos Lanthimos ditches Searchlight for Focus Features with BUGONIANetflix Triple Threat - JAY KELLY vs A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE vs FRANKENSTEINCan A24 afford a poor showing at Venice after disastrous Cannes? They're betting it all on THE SMASHING MACHINEPremieres without studios - a Fox Searchlight-sized hole in Competition, will they buy a film?NO OTHER CHOICE is another punch from NeonRed flags on Julia Roberts and Luca Guadagnino collaboration AFTER THE HUNTPotential standouts in the International Film and Documentary raceThe return of Julian Schanbel and Gus Van SantWillem Dafoe premieres LATE FAME from Kent Jones and Samy BurchThe early frontrunners for selection at the TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
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Oscar Season 2025-2026: We're Back!!; Cannes Recap (We Went!!!); All The Films We Saw
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:We recap our first ever Cannes experience!We've seen big Oscar players: SENTIMENTAL VALUE; IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT; DIE MY LOVE; THE SECRET AGENT; NOUVELLE VAGUE; and more (THE MASTERMIND; THE PLAGUE; CHRONOLOGY OF WATER; SOUND OF FALLING; PILLION; YES!; THE HISTORY OF SOUND....); our thoughts!We also went to the Tribeca Film Festival; our quick recap.We have something brewing... A NEW WEBSITE!
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Oscar Season 2025-2026: Countdown to Cannes, Official Lineup Reveal Predictions
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:We take a deep dive into which titles we foresee in tomorrow's major Cannes announcement!!
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